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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Got me a movie, I want you to know..."'']] |
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4 | ''Doolittle'' is the third studio album by Music/{{Pixies}}, released in 1989. Compared to their previous two releases, this one had slicker production thanks to Gil Norton, a Briton who had previously worked with the Pixies' Creator/FourADRecords labelmates and New England neighbors Music/ThrowingMuses. At the same time the band rocked louder and harder than ever. It's also noteworthy as the band's first album for their American distributor, Creator/ElektraRecords. |
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6 | The result brought the band a lot of attention. ''Doolittle'' made the top ten in the UK, while also charting in the US and France. It's been acclaimed as a favorite by Music/PJHarvey and Music/{{Nirvana}}'s Music/KurtCobain, among others. The opening track, "Debaser", ended up being a particularly important track in the Pixes' legacy: Music/DavidBowie's thrash/grunge supergroup Music/{{Tin Machine|Album}} made the song one of their concert staples (Bowie himself was a ''huge'' fan of the Pixies), and Cobain cited it as one of Nirvana's main musical inspirations for their 1991 BreakthroughHit [[Music/NevermindAlbum "Smells Like Teen Spirit"]]. It is also their most popular album, being certified gold (sales of over 500,000 copies) in 1995 and platinum (sales of over one million) in 2018 by the RIAA. |
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8 | !!Tracklist: |
9 | # "Debaser" - 2:52 |
10 | # "Tame" - 1:55 |
11 | # "Wave of Mutilation" - 2:04 |
12 | # "I Bleed" - 2:34 |
13 | # "Here Comes Your Man" - 3:21 |
14 | # "Dead" - 2:21 |
15 | # "Monkey Gone to Heaven" - 2:56 |
16 | # "Mr. Grieves" - 2:05 |
17 | # "Crackity Jones" - 1:24 |
18 | # "La La Love You" - 2:34 |
19 | # "No. 13 Baby" - 3:51 |
20 | # "There Goes My Gun" - 1:49 |
21 | # "Hey" - 3:31 |
22 | # "Silver" - 2:25 |
23 | # "Gouge Away" - 2:35 |
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25 | !!Personnel |
26 | * Black Francis - Vocals, guitar |
27 | * Kim Deal - Bass, vocals |
28 | * David Lovering - Drums, vocals |
29 | * Joey Santiago - Guitar |
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31 | !!There is a trope so long (so long, so long): |
32 | * AlbumTitleDrop: in "Mr. Grieves": |
33 | -->''Pray for a man in the middle, one who talks like Doolittle'' |
34 | * AlliterativeTitle: "'''L'''a '''L'''a '''L'''ove You" |
35 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: One of Black Francis' favorite themes, violent Old Testament stories, is represented here. "Dead" references David and Bathsheba, while "Gouge Away" was inspired by Samson's death. |
36 | * DesignStudentsOrgasm: A monkey with arcane charts and formulas, by graphic artist Vaughan Oliver. |
37 | * EyeScream: "Debaser" mentions "slicing up eyeballs". |
38 | * FairyTaleMotifs: The first line of "Tame" is "Hips like Cinderella", which is matched in the second verse by "Fall on your face in those bad shoes." |
39 | * FakingTheDead: "Wave of Mutilation": |
40 | -->''Cease to resist, giving my goodbye''\ |
41 | ''Drive my car into the ocean''\ |
42 | ''You'll think I'm dead, but I sail away...'' |
43 | * GreenAesop: Black Francis says that he didn't intend "Monkey Gone to Heaven" to have an environmental message, but it's easy enough to pick one up. |
44 | -->''There was a guy''\ |
45 | ''An underwater guy who controlled the sea''\ |
46 | ''Got killed by ten million pounds of sludge''\ |
47 | ''From UsefulNotes/{{New York|State}} and UsefulNotes/NewJersey.'' |
48 | * HartmanHips: The subject of "Tame" has "hips like WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}." |
49 | * IUhYouToo: "Hey": |
50 | -->''"Uh", said the man to the lady''\ |
51 | ''"Uh", said the lady to the man she adored''\ |
52 | ''And the whores like a choir''\ |
53 | ''Go "uh" all night''\ |
54 | ''And Mary, ain't you tired of this?'' |
55 | * InTheStyleOf: "Here Comes Your Man" has a lot of Music/TheBeatles in it. The band probably knew that "I Feel Fine" was the first pop single to incorporate feedback. |
56 | * MinisculeRocking: "Tame", "Crackity Jones", and "There Goes My Gun" are all under two minutes. |
57 | * NewSoundAlbum: This was the band's first album with Gil Norton and has a more polished production compared to ''Music/SurferRosa''. |
58 | * NumberOfTheBeast: In "Monkey Gone to Heaven" Black Francis says "The devil is six" three times. |
59 | * OneManSong: "Mr. Grieves", "Crackity Jones" |
60 | * OneWordTitle: "Debaser", "Tame", "Dead", "Hey", "Silver". Also ''Doolittle'' itself. |
61 | * PaterFamilicide: "Wave of Mutilation" was inspired by reports of Japanese businessmen getting their families in the car and driving into the ocean. |
62 | * RecordProducer: Gil Norton, whose polished style contrasts greatly with Music/SteveAlbini, the producer of ''Music/SurferRosa''. |
63 | * SanitySlippageSong: Frank Black's insane laughter during "Debaser" makes this song one. |
64 | * ShoutOut: |
65 | ** The "slicing up eyeballs" on "Debaser" is a shout-out to Creator/LuisBunuel's ''Film/UnChienAndalou'', which is directly mentioned with the half French/half Spanish title "un chien andalusia". |
66 | * SingerNamedrop: In "Monkey Gone to Heaven", Francis says "Rock me, Joe!" just before Joey Santiago's solo. |
67 | * StepUpToTheMicrophone: "La La Love You" is a duet between Kim Deal and David Lovering. |
68 | * TheStoner: "Gouge Away": |
69 | -->''You stroke my locks''\ |
70 | ''Some marijuana''\ |
71 | ''If you got some.'' |
72 | * StoryboardBody: "No. 13 Baby": |
73 | -->''Black tear falling on my lazy queen''\ |
74 | ''Got a tattooed tit say number 13.'' |
75 | * StylisticSuck: The video for "Here Comes Your Man", with the weird effects and Francis and Deal just opening their mouths (without even attempting to lip sync) during their respective singing parts. |
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